1972_02 The Daily Collegian February 1972

              Cox: tonight
He   is
frorr  Paa;» 1
receiving  (
views lor performeocee at the Colter Door in
Waehtagtoa. the Troubadour la Loo Angel**,
ths atoJowta-Wallace Peak Festival la devotes*, aoo at the University of Hewoton.
College Union loeag* Cos Is s thocooghty
psHshsd sorterasor. both eacitingandlsleoHI.
Too College Union has anooonced a aew
ticket policy beginning with tonight's Denny
Cos concert. Prom now on free tickets will be
distributed st the CU Information desk for all
CU programs. The tickets will be required
for assetaalun aad are limited to activities
cart-bolder* only, two per person Tickets
are limited sod will be dlettibeted oo a first
come, flret eerved beets. They may alee be
obtained at I
tor draft
force*.
The Draft lateraaeBawatBrilce,
I several jeers
had   10 Is 14
Last Picture Show' not a great film
By ■scasso Fetter
At the oeteet of tbte review I
must say that I do not think Peter
Bogdanovich's The Laot Picture
Show" la a groat mottoo picture.
Perhaps It doss contain many of
tatlc qualltlea which
I contribot* to so overall
fcgjfan
film is marred by overindulgence
and  very   nearly   sinks  to soap
According to director
evlch Is this, bis sseon
pseture (-Targets* 1SSS),
was nothing to do in Small
USA la 1PI1 except base
nlflcently by younf Timothy
Bottoms (film debuted la "Johnny
Got ma 000*).
Set in a smell dying Tea**
town in 1991. this Is a view of
maturing youth. Though similar
la many ways to "Summer of
'41," It lacks the tremendous
noatalgis that former picture
evoke a". Theee are not the "good
old days.' for then, growing and
becoming s«xualty mature were
not always too pleasant. Sometimes   sob   was  physically   and
mot oty Interested la the prospect.
And   truly,    la   th
It -
•ptc-
vteh sod 1
I Larry MeMsrtry from
4 by bfttaterrry. there Is
rosily very little "story" te the
cooveattoesl eeoso. "The Lest
Picture Show" la more la the
style of the "slice of life" genre.
And what a slice of life It teres
oot to be.
Ths Aim opens with a slow panning shot of the town at early
morning. Very gradeoity we are
Itereawaai te abe motor eborac-
superb In tbla pert. In the flret filmed.  Bogdaaovtch aays more
tew sconce In which she appears. la this one floal scans thoahooad
Roth la a haptesa. bored, and very In  the  two hours prior to tbi*.
deepeojtont human noli*. Through The   "older   woman"   sod   ess
the   affection shown to bar by "youagsr man" c
Sonny, she btessoma Into a will- lab. Ti
lng   aad   very  desirable lover, sod s woman who eeed each other
Crosbed by Sonny's later retoc- more thee they had ever roellsod.
tsoa of her, abe wilts once again.
In  supporting parts  sre Ben
Johneon a. Sam the Lion, as «- ?£L*l*Zli
celleot portrayal of a maa whose I^Tt.. — saTdBj
dreasss   never   came   tree and .._    . _*1 —   __.
never   knew   shy. Jeff Bridge* J^SL^J^JZklTmmLL
fLloyd'a   yoengeet)   as   Sonny's '
friend  aoo occaoton love rival,
gives s flawless porteraesaca of
of the c
etee; ae if It were actually i
daring the '90a.
**|"2      etch's direction of tba young ee-
*"**•      tors, aa wesVao mambara of the
*■   ™* irlml   laa>   In   anil k  Inn aaaana**
Indeed.    "The   Loot    Picture
Show* aays a great deal about the
actual town te which the otctere     ^a,   ^  **„»,  « we ta the
was filmed, te remarkably food     .go,    whiCh atraagety  mirrors
nth the era do-     oer owe Uease anoanitudee.Thta
la. though, a genre piece; a "slice
The final scene te the film be-     of life." If you will, and one not
tween Roth sod Sooay la one of     entirely  satisfying bet of con-
the finest and moot toorbing ever      stderable Interest nonetbelees.
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Glassware, Clothing,
Furniture.
htew or cased,
will sell M far you.
Phone 284.5261
(Timothy Bottoms), *
the generation gap. quite literally.
Sonny, dissatisfied with hla
preeent girl mead, beds the
lonely sod neglected wite of his
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